A DUCAL OPINION.

Auckland Star, Volume XXI, Issue 185, 7 August 1890, Page 3

A DUCAL OPINION.

A leading jeweller, in speaking of tfre very handsome cut of the Waterbury Watch Lotnpany,. which appeared in a reeeab issue ot the Keview," gave your correspondent the following little incident illustrating the popularity and high' estimation in which the American low-priced watches are held in England. He says : " While in England last summer, I happened to be in the vicinity of Eaton Hall, Chester, one of the country seats of the Duke of Westminster, where there was a meeting of yeomanry and some 200,000 people assembled. AH were indulging in games and festivities, the i)uke being present in person, and mingling freely with the others, when Hia Grace was accosted by one of his friends, Who remarked that there were reported to be several pickpockets present, and that he had bettor look out for his watch. The DuUe laughingly replied that he was grate-ful-for the warning, as he bad a watch which he valued highly, although .of small co3t, and that he would hate to part with it, at tho same time- pulling out a handsome Waterbury. The master of the hounds informed me that he wore thi3 watch in preference to all others." This endorsement from one of,.,the, nobility whose income is 700,000 dollars per annum is not bad for an American product. This is authentic, and not an advertisement.—"Jeweller's Preview."